Chinanews.com, March 1 (Xinhua) According to a report by the Syrian National News Agency (SANA) on February 27, the United States has illegally stationed troops in Syria to continue to steal Syrian oil and transport it to its military base in Iraq.
Image source: Screenshot of the report by the Syrian National News Agency
According to reports, local sources said that the U.S. military stole oil from oil fields in the east of the country and other places, and used 34 tanker trucks to transport it through illegal border crossings to U.S. military bases in Iraq.
It is reported that the northeastern region of Syria is the country's main oil-producing area and is known as the "granary" of Syria.
But for a long time, the US military has frequently stolen crude oil from Syria.
The Syrian government has repeatedly condemned the "piracy" of the United States and demanded that the illegal US troops be withdrawn from Syria as soon as possible.
Local people held demonstrations many times and tried to intercept US patrol vehicles to prevent them from entering the village.
Data map: On February 7, local time, in Latakia, Syria, rescuers transported a wounded person.
After the strong earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border last month, the humanitarian situation in Syria, already facing economic difficulties due to years of war and unilateral sanctions by the United States, has become even worse.
In this regard, some Syrian officials criticized that some of the disaster-stricken provinces in Syria encountered difficulties in responding to the rescue after the strong earthquake and experienced fuel shortages, while the United States continued to smuggle oil from the country.
Bashar Jafari, the Syrian ambassador to Russia, said, "Unfortunately, the West politicizes everything, even humanitarian aid. Just imagine, our ambulances don't even have fuel to transport the wounded, while the US keeps Steal our gas and oil and ship it to third countries."